It may be several years before we know with much certainty whether the statistics on increased rates of brain cancer correlating with cell phone use are cause for great alarm. But this new release from a major Swedish study does little to allay those concerns.
Children and teenagers are five times more likely to get brain cancer if they use mobile phones, startling new research indicates…
Last week the European Parliament voted by 522 to 16 to urge ministers across Europe to bring in stricter limits for exposure to radiation from mobile and cordless phones, Wi-fi and other devices, partly because children are especially vulnerable to them. They are more at risk because their brains and nervous systems are still developing and because – since their heads are smaller and their skulls are thinner – the radiation penetrates deeper into their brains.
